Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol. 6)

[MartG]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

However, people who refer to a roundabout as an "island" are demonstratively wrong.

Are you sure ?



I'd have said that an island is just one component of a roundabout

[anonymous-user]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

However, people who refer to a roundabout as an "island" are demonstratively wrong.

Or even 'demonstrably'

[Clockwork Cupcake]

had ham said:

Or even 'demonstrably'

[MartG]

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[anonymous-user]

[21st Century Man]

On Monday. On Tuesday. I wonder if there are people that sat At Monday? At Tuesday?

And why On for a weekday, but At for the weekend?

[V8mate]

21st Century Man said:

On Monday. On Tuesday. I wonder if there are people that sat At Monday? At Tuesday?

And why On for a weekday, but At for the weekend?

I'll meet you on two o'clock

It's just a mess.

[glenrobbo]

captain_cynic said:

Incorrect.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/englis...

Definition 3.
on, preposition (TIME)
"used to show when something happens"

If you're going to be a grammar NAZI then at least be accurate.

Saying "on" the weekend is perfectly acceptable and makes more sense than most of the English language.

Aw, I'm not a full-time grammar Nazi. I just help them out when they're busy, like at the weekend for instance.

I just love the smart uniform...

[anonymous-user]

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[Big-Bo-Beep]

i'm sure it should be " at the weekend [ week-end ?] ", anything else is perverse.

[Europa1]

Gary29 said:

Agreed.

'On' the weekend is weird. Always 'At' the weekend.

North East Wales/North West England.

My missus also says 'I'm going TO the shower' rather than 'I'm going to HAVE A shower' what are your thoughts on this? I say she is wrong and mock her every time. English is her second language in fairness, so I really hope I'm correct.

Or "take a shower"?

[anonymous-user]

.....or 'jumping IN the shower'?

[yellowjack]

had ham said:

.....or 'jumping IN the shower'?

...stand UNDER the shower, surely? Or sit, if you've got one of those fold-up plastic shower seats?

[anonymous-user]

...or going FOR a shower?

[talksthetorque]

I say "I'm going to have a shower".
But surely the correct phrase is
I'm going to shower myself in the shower.

[vaud]

talksthetorque said:

I say "I'm going to have a shower".
But surely the correct phrase is
I'm going to shower myself in the shower.

Or: "I'm going to shower"

Shower, verb, wash oneself in a shower.
"she showered and went down to breakfast"

"To shower myself in the shower" risks being a tautology?

[Halmyre]

In the colonies I believe they "hit the showers".

[Shakermaker]

Street name signs which are only on one side of the road, invariably the side so that when you are approaching them and you have to slow down and/or stop to see if it is the correct road that you want to take.

[talksthetorque]

vaud said:

talksthetorque said:

I say "I'm going to have a shower".
But surely the correct phrase is
I'm going to shower myself in the shower.

Or: "I'm going to shower"

Shower, verb, wash oneself in a shower.
"she showered and went down to breakfast"

"To shower myself in the shower" risks being a tautology?

It's complicated in our house so I would agree in most circumastances..
We have a shower in the bathroom, but no bath.
We have a shower over the bath in the en suite.
So I can go to the bathroom to have a shower, or have a shower in the room with a bath.
I can also take a shower in the shower, or I can jump in the bath and have a shower.

[Richard-390a0]

Catching a belt loop or any other article of clothing on the pokey out bit of a door strike plate... but it only happens when you're already really annoyed !!!